KILL WITHOUT MERCY
Paoic-Stricken People Flee From Lodz
and Cossack;.
AN APPEAL FOR PROTECTION.
la On Instance thf Brutal foldlcrt Killed
Eallrt Family ol Jews Who W ere Out
Driving A Millionaire's Servant Robbed
and Murdered Utacril Shallow Promises
Punish Offenders.
Lodz, Russian Polam! (By Cable).
The most MTmiK phac (f the fighting
between the military am! striker is at
an cud, I. tit there arc still isolated at
tack in the suburbs. At Balmy Cos
sacks attacked a Jewish family of five
persons who were driving in a cab to
the railway station and shot and killed
all including the eahman.
At Pabjanicc, mar Lt d, workmen at
tacked two poiiccmen, and shot and kill
ed one and wounded the other.
There is a genera! exodus from Lodz.
Twelve thousand persons have alrcaely
left and all trains are crowded.
During the disturbances 35 govern
ment li(tior stores were destroyed by
the mobs, which appropriated all the
rash and stamps found on the premises.
The cash and stamps were added to the
funds of the Social1 st parly.
Some prominent citizens telegraphed
Central Shustow. commanding the
troops here, asking for protection against
the brutality of the soldiers, especially
the Cossacks, who in one instance killeel
and robbed the senar.t of a millionaire
named Rosenblatt, who was carrying
$5,000 to the bank. The General prom
ised to punish the offenders, but said he
required witnes-cs of the occurrence to
testify against the Co-sacks.
Warsaw (By Cihlci. The proclama
tion issued by the Social Democratic
party of Poland and Lithuania, calling
out workmen as a protest against the
Lodz massacres, declares that in order
lo show the solidarity of their brethren
and to protest against "the new and iD
cessant crimes of the Emperor's govern
ment1' a!! Warsaw must stop work. The
proclamation orders that not a single
factory or work-hip siia'd be operated,
and that offices, shop', restaurants and
coffee houses must close and all traffic
must cease. It say; that the red flag,
the flag of the workingmen, must float
in the streets of Warsaw, and calN
upon all workmen to help their brother
arrange a general strike.
The military is patroling the streets in
the factory and Jewish districts.
In the suburb of I'raga workmen shot
and wounded two policemen.
In Ogrudowa street there was an en
counter between gendarmes and a crowd
and shot were fired e.n both sides. Three
civilians and erne gendarme were wound
ed. In other street- processions of work
men were dispersed.
Lodz is the capita! of the district rf
the same name in the government of
Tiotrkow, Russian Poland. It is 87
miles southeast of War-aw ami stands
on the banks of the Luelka Kiver, oc
cupying an area of about 11 square miles.
The city is a great manufacturing center,
particularly in the line of textiles. There
are some 400 establishments, employing
more than 40,000 persons and having an
annual output valued at $35,000,000. Cot
ton goods and woolens are the principal
products, but silk-, machinery and linen
are abo manufactured.
CHILDREN HELD AS PEONS.
Be ulor Syt'cm of Slavery Believed to Exiit
io Cbiiago.
Chicago (Special). A system of vir
tual .child slavery, in which children
under 14 years old are "farmed out" into
households in an attempt to solve the
"servant-girl problem." is a state ef af
fairs that has been brought to the at
tention of the Department of Compul
sory Education, following startling reve
lations in various notice court- of Chi
cago in the last three weeks.
That such a system e.i.-:s to an alarm
ing degree is the declaration of Super
intendent W. I.. H dine, who has se
cured the convict:.:!! of Mrs. Ottilie
Krosnick on the char;. e' of violating the
Compulsory Education law.
"This is the tenth ca-e of it kind that
I have had in the la-t three weeks."
said Mr. Undine. "Judging from the
testimony e.f various witne--es at the
trials of the-e ca-e. I am convinced there
are hundreds of children, from in-t:,:i-tions
who are drudging as servant- 1:1
many household- 0: ti.e city without !.-.-ing
sent to school."
.Mrs. Krosnick was fined vo ami c .-!-.
the limit in such caes. The two chil
dren under her char.ee were- Adelaide
Walliy, 13 years oh!. ..::'. Edward kin
der, to years old. The woman .i.od -he
had taken the girl :'r-:n a ectar:an or
phan asylum in !':'' city tight year- :.jo.
Warrants h..e b.cn secure.! for sc
enl persons, many of whom are said
to have taken children from institutions
anel forceil them to elo work far beyond
their strength.
Boy Kills Baby Brother.
Tort Jervis, X. Y. ( Special). Wil
liam Smith, ij years old, shot ami killed
his brother Harry, iS months ohl, while
they were playim. alone in the parlor.
The Run belonged to an older brother
and stood in a corner of the room. It
was suppesed not to he loaded. Cor
oner Case decided that the shooting was
accidental. The mother sale! Willie had
diphtheria a few mouths ago, and his
iniii'l had been affected since.
Marooned 00 W'ccdiof Eve.
Clayton, N. Y. ( Special). Gorge
Cooper, of Syraeu-e, who is to be mar
ried to Miss JcStH'tte? Williams, also of
Syracuse, was inaroflncd by joking
fricneta on a barren island in the miel
dle of St. Lawrence Kiver. In order
to reach Syracuse in time for the ce re
mony he swam a mile- to Grindstone Is
land, whe re he secure el a boat anil ar
rived at Clayton in time to catch his
train.
1,009 Vein For Negro!
Waco, Texas ( Special). A sentence
of 10 centuries;, or 1.000 years, in State'
prison was pronounced upon Lee Rob
ertson, a negro laborer, who attempted
to assault Mrs. Alonz.-i Robinson, wife
1 1 his employer. Mrs. Robinson's hus
band was absent at the time, ami in re
sisting the; attack her scalp was badly
teirii artel ons haul was bitten lo the
lone'. The jury roil 1 not assess the
death penalty, as the deed was not ac
complished, but, there being, no limit
as to the tin:? be mi.ht he given in the
pr-'i'entiury, the court made it ic ccn
ti riei and or.e hy over
NEWS IK SHORT ORDER.
tit tatcil Itappcalnga Coedeoneo' for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic?
According to Kiogoro Takaliashi,
Japan might desire another loan to take
up the dome-tic loan made soon after
the declaration of war.
Paul Morton returned from Wnshing
tem to New Veirk anil resumed his work
as chairman of Hie Equitable Society.
The Houston and Texas Central Kail
road will sell its lands in Northwest
Texas south eif the Oklahoma line.
The village of Yicksburg. Mich., is
bankrupt a.- the result of the closing
of the Viiik-hurg Exchange Bank.
The eilhcials of (he Lake Shore Rail
rohel are still investigating the wreck
of the Twentieth Century flyer.
Assistant Secretary of State l.oomis
has sailed for Europe on a secret mis
sie ii for Pri-iilent Rejoscvclt.
Kev. Augustus Kohrlock resigned as
secretary e! the Evangelical Lutheran
Gcne-ial Synod of Missouri.
Mrs. Aggie Myers, who was found
guilty of murdering her hu-hand, was
sentenced te) be hanged.
The convention of Moelern Wooelmen
at Milwaukee ended with the installa
tion of officer .
The Seaboard Air Line will extend its
road to the sources of the Big Sandv
River.
An effort is to be made for the pres
ervation of the home of Paul Revere in
Poston.
Naval officers witnessed the test of
the new gun turret at Hethleliem.
A fatal case ef bubonic plague oc
curred at La Uocay.
Con-ul General Wynne saileel for
England.
Another warrant was issued for the
arrest of Jnlm W. Hill, formerly chief
of the Filtration Bureau of Philadel
phia. 0:1 charges of forgery. Mr. Hill
is now under $8,000 bail for trial on sim
ilar charges.
A condition bordering: on slavery has
been found to cxi-t in Chicago in sev
eral case- f cbi'dren who were trans
ferred from institutions to families who
d:l not raise them properly.
The Moelern Wtu.dmcti, in session at
Milwaukee, have indor-ed a plan to
he Id a congress to urge fraternal insur
ance over old-line insurance.
Mis- Lillian Moore, of Poiiahkerp-ie,
was fatally, injured in a troiiey collision
at Fishkill Landing.
lilinoi- coal miners have ottered to
submit their differences with operators
to arbitration.
The Vick-hurg (Midi.') P.auk. a pri
va'e institution has closed its doors.
Govcrneir Carter, of Honolulu, has e
signeel. Westbound passenger train No. e, on
the Denver and Rio Granele Railroad,
was wreekeel at Pinto, a small station ('0
miles west of ('.rand Junction, Col. No
fatalities rcsulteel.
The repeirt of Superintendent of In
surance Hendricks, of New York, was
submitted to District Attorney Jerome
fer his use, should he think criminal
action is justifiable.
W. H. Grcnell, of Pierrepont Manor,
N. Y., was electeel presielent of the
American Seed Association at the an
nual conveutiein at Alexandria Kay, N. Y.
A boiler at the sawmill of the Curtis
Attalla (Ala.) lumber plant exploded,
killing James Watts. Will Rosson, Gus
Cash and Marion Maehlox.
The lard refilling buihliug at the pack
ing plant of Schwarzschild & Sulzberger,
at Armounble, Kan., was destroyed by
lire. Lo-s, Jjoo.oem.
Mrs. I.ucinda Sanson, of Davenport,
la., refused a bequest of $.to.ooo that
was made on condition that she became
a Catholic.
The Supreme Court of Illinois grant
eel a new trial to Jewph P.riggs, con
ictcel in Chicago eif the murder of Hans
Peterson.
Augu-t Belmont has tenilcreel his res
ignation as director of the E(uitahle" So
ciety to former Presielent Grovcr Cleve
land. Carl Schurr, of New York, delivered
the address at the commencement ex
ercises at the University of Wisconsin.
The train dispatchers in convention in
Denver, Col., reiterated its stand in fa
veir eif the block system.
The festival of the North American
Gymnastic Union began in Indianapolis
yesterday.
t oieign.
Thirty persons were elrowned recently
through the capping e,f a bark which
had arrived in the- Mink- Kiver, in
Spain, from Portugal.
The French public :- said to have the
war fever, anil military men are making
a comparison eif the armies of the two
countries.
Stephen Okjjeia, who threw a bomb
ii.to a police statiiii in War-aw, killing
-.x poh.-emetl, was sentenced to death.
Mr-, lame- P.n.wil Potter's household
effect- were '.old at auction in l.onelon
11:, i! r a b:il ..f -ah'.
M- Beatr-.i V.'inan; was married
in Paris to Prince Henry Galard dc
lie arn et de Cli.el.n-.
i".i::;;e-ror William was e nteriained on
ti e American yacht- at K.ei.
The S'.iitan of Turki-v is reported to
be ill.
At a meeting of ("15 polieyholelers in
the Equitable A-mraiiee Society in Ber
lin it was eleciilcel to form a Committee
of three policyholder ami three member-,
of the German Fire In-urance I'uioil,
which sugge-te-d the mo'tiiy. The Ger
man representative ef the Equitable to
the meeting reael a telegram iroin Paul
Morton, the new chairman, couched in
rca'-uring terms.
A banquet was given by the Pilgrims
Chrl,. in London in honor of Mr. White
law Ri i !. the American amba--ador to
Great Britain. Speeches were made hy
Mr. Reiel. Irel Roberts (who presieled),
Premier Balfour and others.
The French note to Germany on the
Mor iccan situation has not alleviated
the delicacy of the situation, anil there
i- uneasiness in both capitals.
The House of Commons authorieel
the raising of a loan of $10000.000 for
the constructiein of railroads in Inelia.
A man carrying a bomb was arrested
in front of a police station in War-aw.
Twenty-two persons were killed in the
firing by Ceis.-acks on a procession of
workmen in Lodz. Twei women wert
crushed to death. Ten of the wounded
will die.
A Russian countess was suspected of
robbing American guests at a hotel in
St. Peter-burg.
Emperor William raced his yacht Me
teor HI. against the Hamburg and won
by a minute.
King Alfon-o approved the new Span
Mi Cabinet, of which General Monte ro
Rios is premier.
Fifty persons are reporteiel to have
Seen killed in a collision between the
-trikers anil the troops in Lodz, Poland.
The new ministry formed in Greece
.-.'ter the recent assassination of Premier
(Jclyaimis has resigned and the crisis
H crriou. i .
TWO STEAMERS CRASH
Collision in
St. Clair River,
Detroit
Near
STEERING GEAR GOT OUT OF ORDER,
Wooden Vessels City of Rome and Llodea
Rue Into Each Oiber Two Member! of the
Crew of the Llodea Were Drowned There
Were Passengers on Both the City (
Rome and the Llodea.
Detroit, Mich. (Special). -The wood
en steamers City of Rome and Linden
collided in the St. Clair River, opposite
Tashmoo Park, and both were sunk.
Two member of the etiw "af the Lin
den the coe.k and his wife were
drowned. The other members of beth
crews escaped in safety from the sinking
boats. The City of Rome was bound
deiwn, with a cargo of iron ore. and the
Linden was tipbound. Off Ta-hmoo
Park the Linden, it is said, suddenly
sheered and rammed the City of Rome,
damaging her so that the steamer sank
almest immediately, (10 feet off the Tash
mnn dock.
The Linden, although alsei badly dam
aged, limped along until off the licad of
Russell Island, where she sank in the
channel. All the members of the crew
excepting tin ceiek and his wife escaped
from the sinking boat. The Linden's
cabin ami other works broke away from
the hull as the steamer went down, and,
with the captain on it, drifted some' elis
tance down stream, where is grounded
on a shoal.
The City of Rome was built at Cleve
land in iHSt, and belonged to the J. C.
Gilchrist fleet. The Linden was built in
iHg5 at Port Huron, and is owned by
the Sandusky Box and Lumber Com
pany, of Sandusky, O.
Captain Holmes, of the City of Rome,
-ays that the collision occurred a quar
ter of a mile above Tashmoo Park. He
-ays that something evielently went
wremg with the Linden's steering gear
when the steamers were but a short dis
tance apart, for she suddenly sheered
into the City of Rome, which struck the
Linden just abafe the bow, tearing a tre
mendous hole, through which the water
rusheel with such force that it swept the
upper works off the Linden, and the
steamer sank immediately. Leaking
badly and steadily settling, the City of
Rome floated down a quarter of a mile
until off the dock at Tashmoo Park,
when she, too, sank. Cook Hardy and
his wife were in the after deckhouse of
the Linden and were drowned when the
steamer sank.
ATTEMPT TO HOLD LP TRAIN.
Western Robbers W ere Foiled Bandits Could
Not Operate Engine.
Tacoma, Wash. (Special). Train
robbers made an unsuccessful attempt
to hold up the North Coast Limited
from the Twin Cities, three miles west
of Puyallup. A man boarded the train
at Puyallup, and when the train was
three miles from the station ordered
the engineer to stop the tram at a fire
which was burning neiir the tracks. En
gineer Woods did not stop the train
until a half mile beyond the fire. Brake
man Harkins ran up to' the engine to
see what the trouble was and the ban
elit shet at him.
Harkins threw his lantern into the
ditch ami started back for the train.
The bandit then ordered the engineer
and the conductor to get out of the way,
while he made an attempt to back the
train to the fire, where his confederates
were stationeel. He failed to get the
engine started, anil caileel for the engi
neer to come back. The robber then
began to realize his position, and as
the engineer stepped into the cab he
fired twice, one bullet flattening on the
boiler head. The bandit then jumped
to the ground and ran into the brush.
The train pulled into Tacoma, leaving
the fireman ami brakeman behind, as
they were unable to catch the train.
An engine was sent out for them, anil
they were brought in this morning.
WEVLCR BOBS UP AGAIN.
He Is Minister of War in Ibe New Spanish
Cabinet.
Madrid (By Cable). King Alfonso
approved the new cabinet, as follows:
Premier Gen. Memtero Rios.
Minister of the Interior Scnor Garcia
Pie-.ro.
Mim'-ter of Foreign Affairs Scnor
Sanchez Roman.
Mini-ter of Finance' Scnor T'rzaiz,
Minister eif War General Weyler.
Minister of Marine Senor Milla
ntieva. Mmi-ter of Agriculture Senor Ro-
manones.
Minister of Justice Senor Gonzales
P.na.
Minister of Public Instruction Senor
Mellardo.
Canal Commission.
Washington (S pe c i a 1). Presielent
Roosevelt has directed that the quar
terly meeting of tile Isthmian Canal Coin-mis-ion
to be held July 1 be convened in
this city instead of at the offices of Gov
ernor Magoon 011 the isthmus. The in
structions of the President te govern the
commission, issued April 3 last, require
four quarterly meetings a year to be
held on the isthmus. This is announced
as the only exception that will be maele
to this requirement, and is due to the
fact that all of the members of the com
mission except Governor Magoon are
now in this country.
No Orealcr PllUburg Now.
Philadelphia ( Special). The Supreme
Court issued a permanent injunction re
training the merging of the cities of
Fill: bi r? and Allegheny City. The Su
preme Court holds that the law timler
which the. consolidation was to be maele
is speciaj legislation. The injunction re
strains the city of Pittsburg, the Mayor
of Pittsburg ami the presiilents of Select
and Common Council of Pittsburg from
taking any proceedings for the merging
of the two cities.
Costly Qaart of Vinegar.
New York (Special). It cost Post
master Sylvester Pearsall, of Lynnbrook,
L. I., $1,200 to draw a quart of vine
gar for a stranger who called at the
combination store and postoffice in that
village. Pearsall went to the cellar,
where the vinegar barrels are kep, leav
ing the stranger in the store. When he
returned the customer had disappeared.
An investigation disclosed that postage
stamps valued af $1,200 were missing.
LONG-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS.
The Weather Bnrcan Trying to Counteract
MIscbicTOBi Statement of Astrologers,
Baltimore, Md. (S p t c I a !). The
United States Weather Bureau has just
issued the following letter to counteract
as far as possible the mischievous effects
of the work of astrologers, who pretend
to foretell the character of coming sea
sons or the progress of storms and ordi
nary weather condition for a month or
a year in advance, and whose unfounded
fnd unreliable forecasts arc too often
given undue circulation:
The ceaseless change in the midst of
essential stability ami permanence that
is apparent among the heavenly bodies
suggests a relation between those move
ments and the destinies of men and of
nations as well as weather sequences.
So obvious is this analogy that it is not
strange that in the childhood of the race
it was exalted into an absolute casuil
connection. There is no more interest
ing page of history than that which
traces the growth of astrology through
its various phases, the art of divination,
the taking of the heiroscopes and auspices,
and the gradual development of the
sciences of astronomy and meteorology.
The first crude theories and conceptions
of the Chaldean priests and the Magi
were honest efforts to interpret natural
phenomena. In later and less simple
ages, however, when the priestly class
were still the repositories of wisdom,
they sought to perpetuate tbeir influence
by concealing knowledge from the masses
or hy enshrouding it in mystery, and
finally they wielded it not to enlighten
but to enslave. And so persistent is
mental slavery, and so deep seated in the
heart of the race are these early teach
ings anil beliefs that there is even yet a
predisposition to accept the supernatural
rather than to seek the natural causes
of things.
The infinite desirability of foreknow
ing the seasons for the benefit of hus
bandmen is at once the opportunity of
charlatans and the justification of na
tional weather services. It avails little
to elecry the methods of impostors or to
brand them as fakirs ; the court of final
resort must always be a comparison of
re-ults, and such comparison everyone
can now make for himself. Weather
maps showing the actual conditions on
every day are now published by pract1
cally every civilized nation and are ac
cessible to all, and all that is needed to
cure the most implicit belief in almanac
preelictions is an honest comparison of
these predictions for a single season with
the actual occurrences as shown by these
maps. Conspicuous instances of fail
ure, such as those of the artificial rain
makers', who a decade ago were given
the fullest opportunity to test and exploit
their theories, cr the colorless results
of. the cxten-ive campaign of bombard
ment as a protection against hail, which
has been conelucted for several years in
Southern Europe, do not convince the
credulous. They do serve, however, to
illustrate the "confusion of tongues"
among the prophets of these latter days,
,who bombard the skies to precipitate
storms and bombard the clouels to dissi
pate them. Government meteorologists
are not alone m the denunciation of the
fallacies, absurdities and pernicious ef
forts of so-called long-range forecasts.
Professor Young, probably the foremost
American astronomer, speaking of lunar
influences, points out that the frequency
of the moon's changes is so great that it
is always easy to find instances by which
to verify a belief that changes of the
moon control cond tions on the earth. A
change of the moon necessarily occurs
about once a week. All changes of the
weather must, therefore, occur within
three and three-fourths days of a change
eai the moon, and one-half of all changes
ought to occur within 46 hours of a
change in the moon, even if there were
no causal connection whatever. Now, it
requires only a very slight predisposition
in favor of a belief in the effectiveness ot
the moon's changes to make one forget
a few of the changes that occur too fur
from the proper time. Coincidence
enough can easily be found to justify
pre-existent belief.
"Unquestionably there is a general de
sire feir an extension of the range of fore
casts to cover the near future, and, if
possible, the coming season. If some
explorer in meteorology and astronomy
should discover some fundamental law,
hitherto unknown, whereby he could ac
curately calculate the time of arrival,
the force and pathway ci storms for
weeks and months in advance, and could
warn the people of future floods or
droughts in defined localities, he would
at once take rank as the greatest scien
tist of the world. And then if he would
reveal the secret of his discovery for the
benefit of future generations, he would
be honored as the greatest of philan
thropists as well as the wisest of man
kind. Put, alas, up to date this man has
not arrived.
"The problem of seasonal forecasts is
receiving at the hands of the ablest and
most painstaking students of both conti
nents a comprehensive consideration that
is certain to be fruitful and far-reaching
in its ultimate results.
"So important and so pressing is the
work and so promising is the field that
the Chief of the Weather Bureau is
building ami equipping a large observa
tory, wherein the best talent available
will soon be employed to study the in
tricate and profound problems of the
atmosphere, whose solution promises im
provement over present methods and re
sults in forecasting and may lead in
time to seasonal predictions on a truly
scientific basis."
Twenty-Two Dead; Tea Dying.
Lodz (By Cable). Twenty-two per
sons were killed in the firing' by dragoons
and Cossacks on a procession of 50,000
workmen wmcii haei been organized as a
demonstration against the government.
LITE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
T. --.'.!.... T 1. A t ,
1 leseeeeiie jsejesevcil ill a ICW Gays Wllj
pass upon the reinstatement of govern
ment cmphiyes who have resigned to
run tor oince.
Three new cases of yellow fever are
reported on the canal zone.
Public schools will be established in
the Panama Canal zone.
Commodore Harry M. Hoelges, in
charge of the Hyelrngraphic Office of
the Navy, has up: lied to be placed on
the retired lis.
The Chinese exclusion question and
the danger of an effective boycott
against American goods in China were
discussed at some length in the meet
ing of the Cabinet. It was agreed by
the President and his advisers that the
prcposed boycott is ta be regarded as
one of the gravest importance to Ameri
can commerce,
The internal revenue receipts during
May were $tf;,6fii,?46, an increase of $1,
110,815 as compared with the corre
sponding month last year.
The consulting engineers of the Isth
mian Canal Commission will meet in
Wellington next September.
SLOW TOWARD PEACE
Both Parties Are Jockeying For the
Advantage.
NEITHER ONE ASKS AN ARMISTICE
Continued lllneti of Mlnhder Lamadorff Olren
ai the Reason for Delay on Russia's Part
Preaident Rooievelt Trying Hard to Avert
Big Baltic la Manchnria by Peace
Negotiations.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Peace
negotiations between Russia and Japan
have come to a dead halt on account ot
the illness of Count Lamsdorff, the Rus
sian minister for foreign affairs. It is
explained officially that nothing in the
form of a hitch has occurred, but that
the negotiations merely have been sus
pended temporarily.
Count Cassini, the Russian ambassa
dor, hael a brief interview with Presi
dent Roosevelt, but he had no addition
al important advices from his povetn
ment to communicate. He called mere
ly to pay his respeets to the President
prior to the hitter's departure for Oyster
May for the summer. They discussed
informally the peace situation, the Presi
dent expressing his earnest hope that
another general engagement on the bat
tle field of Manchuria might be averted
by the negotiations for a permanent
peace now peneling.
It is learned that up to this time sug
gestions for an armistice have not been
received with absolute favor by eithrr
Russia or Japan. Quite naturally each
government is seeking an advantage over
the other in the diplomatic sparring that
is going on now, and among those in
touch with the situation it is regarded as
unlikely that definite arrangements fer
an armistice will be conchieled even
if they should be concluded at all be
fore the formal meeting of the pleni
potentiaries of the two powers.
As heretofore noted; there is serious
apprehension that unless a temporary
su-pension of hostilities be arranged, a
great battle may be precipitated, the re
sult of which might wreck completely
the pending peace negotiations.
It was expected confidently that an
announcement of the names of the en
voys of the two pewers to the Washing
ton conference, could be made by the
end of this week ; but, as a matter o
fact, the ne-gotiations have not pro
gressed in the least since Tuesday. That
both Russia and Japan have decided
upon their representatives at the confer
ence is quite certain, but each govern
ment, for reasons of its own, declines to
make formal announcement of them.
It .seems scarcely probable, at this mo
ment, that President Roosevelt will 'be
in position to authorize a further offi
cial statement of the status of the pend
ing negotiations before he goes to Oyster
Hay for the summer. While both Rus
sia and Japan have indicated tb.it they
may be ready to open the conference
about the first of August, the belief in
well-informed quarters now is that the
convening of the plenipotentiaries is like
ly to be delayed and that they may not
get together until the middle or latter
part of August.
St. Petersburg, June 24. Information
from the front is still scanty. While
the preliminaries are in progress, a gen
era! engagement has not yet begun. Sin
ister rumors continue to circulate that
Linevitch is surrounded, but apparently
they have no other base than the Lon
don Daily Telegram's dispatch from
lokie). An optimistic fe-elmg prevails
at the offices of the general staff.
1 he negotiations for a meeting of peae-e
plenipotentiaries are nroceetling slowlv.
There were no developments today. For
eign Minister Lamsdorff is still ill and
unable to see Ambassaelor MVyer.
DIRECTORS MIST DIRECT.
Comptroller Now Require! all to Sign Certain
Replies.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Capt.
W. B. Ridgcley, Comptreiller of the Cur
rency, has adopted a little plant which
is reported to be causing a commotion
in certain national banks throughout the
country.
Responses to letters written by the
Comptroller concerning laxities, or er
rors, in national banks are now required
to be signed by all the directors. Mr.
Ridgelcy for years has been urging that
the cure for bank failures is to compel
bank directors to direct. He has pointed
out that in many cases where banks have
failed it has been shown on investiga
tion that the directors of the institution
were not in touch with its workings.
Hitherto whenever a bank examiner
has reported loose methoels or careless
ness in a bank the Comptroller has writ
ten a letter to the bank about it. Usual
!y replies were received from the presi
dent or the cashier explaining the mat
ter or "promising to be good." Now all
letters go out in the same manner, ael
dre.sed to the bank, but at the feieit is a
note stating that the reply must be
signed by each elirector of the bank.
This is done for the purpose of making
each director cognizant of the criticisms
in question.
Sinks Another Steamer.
Singapore (By Cable). The British
India Steam Navigation Company's
steamer Ikhema was sunk by the Rus
sian cruiser Terek June 5, J50 miles
north of Hongkong. The crew was
landed here by the Dutch steamer Per
lak, which the Terek met June 19. The
Ikhona was carrying mails and rice
from Rangoon to Yokohama.
Voted Onl of Office.
Meriden, Ct. ( Special). The Even
ing Times says that Edward J. Lynch,
of Brooklyn, president of the Interna
tional Union of Polishers, Buffers and
Metalworkers of North America, has
been voted out of office, iidward P.
Coyle, of this city, one of the official
counters at the recent election, an
nounced the result. A. B. Grout, of
Kenosha, Wis., is Mr, Lynch's success
or. The fight was one of the hottest
that has taken place in the order, the
majority of the successful candidate be
ing but J 16.
. Tbt Vesnvlut lo Commission.
Boston (Special). The torpedo train
ing ship Vesuvius, formerly the dyna
mite cruiser of the same name, was
placed in commission in the Charlestown
Navy Yard. The Vesuvius hat been
out of service for seven years, and re
pairs made on the ship have cost $200,
000. The announcement was made that
the battleships Illinois and Missouri,
which are now at this station for re
pairs, will be ordered to New York,
since it has been found that the Charles
town drydock ia not yet suitable for the
work to be done here.
MANIAC ON THE WARPATH.
Shoolt Nine Perioos and Then Kllla
1 Himself.
San Francisco (Special). After hold
ing 1,000 persons at bay for two hours
in Eddy street, shooting nine persons
and defying the police, Thomas Lobb, a
manaic, killed himself.
The wounded were W. K. Koffman,
shot three times, wounds in check, nose
and forehead; C. T. Chcvalis, shot in
eye ; W. Jones, wounds in cheek ; Emil
Roberts, a boy, shot in leg; Quong Do,
Chinese, bullet in hand ; George A. Ue
laughton, nine wounds, six in arms, two
in hand and one in cheek; Vinccnte Ro
nianto, shot in cheek and car; Joseph
Laribc, two shots in chin,'' one in lip,
others in shoulder, face and arm; Po
liceman Patrick Kassane, shot in check
while firing from aeljoining room. Seven
shots passed through his helmet.
None of the wounded will die. All
the victims were hit with No. 4 shot,
except the Chineman, who received a
rifle ball.
The insane man was barricaded in his
room on the fourth floor of the United
States Hotel, 121 Eddy street. He went
to the hotel at night and in the morning
began throwing furniture from the win
dow to the street. Several persons nar
rowly escaped being struck. He then
began firing, using a shotgun. He placed
S50 and ?too bills in the muzzle eif the
weapon and fragments of the paper were
scattered over the street. A big crowd
quickly gathered. Hundreds of men
were afraid to pass the hotel.' Street
car traffic was entirely suspended after
one car had been fired upon and it!
windows broken.
Police Lieutenant Cole rushed a squad
of police to the scene, atneing the offi
cers being five members of the crack
rifle team of the department. The)
were unable to accomplish anything
however, as the maniac was strongly in
trenched in his rexim and appeared tc
have an unlimited amount of ammuni
tion. It waS determined that he must be
captured, dead or alive, and all the
rooms adjoining the one he occupied
were filled with armed officers. A live
ly fusillaele was begun through the door,
transom and walls of the maehnan'n
stronghold, to which he replied with re
markable rapidity. The plastering was
scattered from the ceiling and walls, ant!
the police were soon covered with the
white flakes and nearly blinded by the
lime. Officer Hassans attempted to peet
through the transexn, when he received
a charge of shot which disfigured his
face and completely riddled his helmet.
Then Officer Hutchins descended from
the room to the room window, while the
other policemen maele an attack in force
on the door. When Hutchins saw the
majiiac's attention was diverted he gave
a prearranged signal by firing his re
volver. Hearing the report from an un
expected quarter, the murderous lunatic
rushed to the wimlow, which was open,
and literally blew off the top of his own
bead. The brains and fragments of
skull flew through the air into the street,
to the horror eif thousands of spectators
who had assembled in the ncighhorhooel,
which is near the heart of the city.
ROOSEVELT NOW A DOCTOR OP LETTERS.
Degree of L, It. D. Conferred By Will.ams
College.
Williamstown, Mass. (Special). The
zig-zag journey of President Roosevelt
among the colleges of Western Massa
chusetts ended with his departure from
Williamstown, after he had received from
Williams College'the rather unusual hon
orary degree of L. H. D. (doctor of let
ters). His stay in this State, which was
of scarcely 32 hours' duration, was a
busy one. He attended three college
commencements, at two of which he re
ceived high honorary degrees; traveled
several hundred miles, and, besides ele
livering significant addresses at each
commencement, made a number of
speeches irom the platform of his car
to citizens who had gathered at stations
along the route.
The President rose early and lcaneel
from a window' to enjoy the superb view
of the Berkshire country. After break
fast the Presielent devoted a few minutes
to meeting the classmates eif Federal
Commissioner James R. Garfield, who is
a trustee of Williams, and then maele a
quick inspection of the new memorial
chapel. After a short walk the Presi
dent accepted the invitation of his host
for a drive, which, ended just before the
commencement exercises began. He
spoke twice here, once upon receiving
the degree and again from the steps of
the emirch, where the commencement ex
ercises were held to the people who could
not get into the auditorium.
Port Arthur For Japanese.
Chefoo (By Cable). American and
European firms still in Port Arthur have
been notified by the Japanese authorities
to depart and to remove their merchan
dise. Many of the firms are now ar
ranging to charter steamers for that
purpose. Shipments of contraband of
war for the Japanese continue to be
made, particularly from Chefoo to Dal-ny-
Cousin of President Married.
Boston (Special). Ornje Clarke, of
London, and Miss Alfrida Roosevelt,
cousin of President Roosevelt, were
married at Emmanuel Church by Bish
op William Lawrence, in the presence of
a large number of prominent Bostom
ans. Miss Katharine L. Roosevelt acted
as her sister's maid of honor, and the
briilegroom was attended by Clarence
Nichols, of London.
FINANCIAL
American Cement directors declared a
semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent, This
makes 6 per cent, for the current year.
Prior to that the dividend was 8 per
cent.
In five years the coke industry of
West Virginia has- been multiplied by
six. That is good business for Chesa
peake & Ohio and Norfe!k & Western.
W. L. Bull wired to Winthrop Smith :
"The buying of Wisconsin Central looks
good, but we know of no especial reason
for its advance just now."
American Woolen Company directors
declared a regular quarterly dividend of
1)4 per cent, on the preferred tock.
Secretary Paul Morton admitted that
the Atchison Railroad, of which he was
vice-president, gave rebates to the Colo
rado Fuel Company, which John D.
Rockefeller and George' Gould own.
Apropos of the new and swift trains
of the Pennsylvania and New York Cen
tral on which extra fares arc charged,
it it interesting to note that 49 per cent,
of the people in Germany ride third
class and ao per cent, fourth class.
U. S. MINISTER BOWEN
President Roosevelt Orders His Dismis;
sal From Service.
SIR. LOGttIS CALLED INDISCREET.
In His Letter, Mr. Rooaevcll Bitterly De.
ouncea the Condact of the Late Minister
to Veoeiotla At "Complete Disloyalty"
Saya He Devotrd Hlmsell lo Hunting Up
Scandal and Oois'p.
Washington (Special). The dismiss
al of Mcrbert W. Bowcn, for many years
United States minister to Venezuela,
and the exoneration of Assistant Secre
tary of State Francis B. Loomis of the
allegations brought against him by Mr.
Bowen are the outcome of the Loomis
Bowen controversy, which has attracted
wide attention for many months past.
This disposition of the case is made
by President Roesevclt in a letter ad
dressed to Secretary Taft. approving
Mr. Taft's report on his findings and
conclusions in the case. The President
scathingly arraigns Minister Bowen, de
claring that his conduct "is especially
reprehensible;" that Mr. Bowen asked
one of his witnesses to enter the em
ploy of a certain company for the pur
pose, "in plain words, of stealing" docu
ments which he hoped might incriminate
Mr. Loomis, and that Mr. Bowen had
evidently for many months, indeed for
the last two years, devoted himself "to
hunting up scandal and gossip until it
became a monomania and caused him
"to show complete disloyalty" to the
country he represented.
' The .President says he had helped to
promote Mr. Beiwen, as during much
of his service he had demc gooel work,
but that his usefulness in the diplomatic
service is now at an end.
The President adds that he would di
rect that Mr. Bowen's resignation bt
requested, but for his statement thai
he would consider a resignation an ad
mission of misconduct, and the dismiss
al is therefore ordered. The letter
quotes correspondence and testimony.
The President states that it appear!
that Mr. Bowen. while minister, se
cured the publication of attacks on Mr.
Loomis and furnished to the press doc
uments pending before the State De
partment! for approval, and that his ex
planation is inexcusable and shows hi!
"entire unfitness" for the service. Even
if Mr. Loomis hail been guilty, says the
President, Mr. Bowen's conduct would
be unpardonable. The letter quotes cer
tain correspondence and testimony. The
report of Secretary Taft on the case, em
which the President's action is based, is
a voluminous document reviewing the
charges and the evidence taken.
In his report Secretary Taft says that
there was nothing dishonorable in the
transactions in which Mr. Loomis fig
ured, but that he was not discreet. The
report says that Mr. Loomis was tmt
justified in becoming pcr-onally interest
ed in any of the schemes, either with
a mere nominal interest or substantial
interest. He holds, however, that Mr.
Loomis has been "most cruelly slan
dered." commends him for the self
restraint with which he has met the
charges, and points out that Mr. Loomis'
bitter experience in this case makes it
unnecessary to point out the moral that
a minister cannot afford in the country
to which he is accredited to make pcr
onal investments, etc.
NEW FLVER WRECKED.
ZOlo Century Limited Going Mils Minute
Runa Into Open Switch.
Mentor, O. (Special). Running at the
rate of a mile a minute, the Twentieth
Century Limited on the Lake Shors
Railroad dashed into an open switch at
the n:is('iitri.r Eintinii luT shorliv be
fore 10 o'clock P. M. Eleven persons
I were killed and 15 or 16 badly injured.
1 he combination baggage and smoking
buffet car and the coach behind it caught
fire and were destroyed. v
The" train was castbound, having left
Cleveland about 9 o'clock, and as it does
not stop here it was running at great
speed. The, engine left the rails, and
the two coaches following it jammed
into it with great force and were crush
ed, the fire from the engine setting them
ablaze. Fortunately most of the occu
pants of these two coaches were res
cued before the fire reached them.
The combination car was burned com
pletely am! cooled off at J 1.30 so that
rescuers could get to work. About 15
passengers were known to have been
riding in this car, and at least six o
the number arc dead.
Engineer Tyler, of the train, was taken
from uneler the sielc of the engine dead
and horribly- mangled about two hours
after the wreck.
Eire departments from Mentor and
from Painesville were called and were
at work trying to extinguish the flames
in the combination car within 30 min
utes after the wreck occurreel..
The scenes following the collision were
pitiful, the moans of the dying being
mingled with the cries ami screams of
the women oil the train. Those in the
rear coaches were net injured, and they
set about at once to rescue those pin
ioned in the burning cars. ,
Tornado In Wisconsin.
Bluemounds, Wisi (Special). A
farmhand, name unknown, was killed
on the farm of Charles Collins, several
other persons were injured at various
points, over $150,000 damage was done
to crops and farm buildings, and scores
of head of stock were destroved by a
tornado that passed through Dane and
Iowa counties atid over the townships
of Bameveld and Bluemounds the other
night.
Mr. Loomis Oolng Abroad.
Washington (Special). Assistant Sec
retary Loomis, of the Stale Department,
sailed from New York for Europe to be
absent about a month. He hopes to be
in Paris about July 4, in which case he
will participate in the exercises incident
to the removal of the remains of John ,
Paul Jones-from that city to Cherbourg,
preliminary to their transportation to the
United States by Admiral Sigsbee's
squadron. 1
Greatest Gas Producer.
. Mansfield, O. (Special). Expert oilj
ajid gas well-drillers believe that the,
monster gas gusher recently struck at; '
Bueloer, O., will be the greatest pro-,
ducer of gas in the world. The well
is lending out with tremendous force,
5,000,000 cubic feet of gas every 34
hours, and shows no indications of dii
minishing pressure. Every farm within
a radius of 30 mil.es has been leased byi
oil and gas capitalists. Much excite
ment prevails at Butler.